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Driver: Titleist 913D2 Loft: 9.5 degrees playing at 10 degrees, A1 setting (neutral) Shaft: Tour AD DI 6X, 60 grams X flex tipped half an inch
He really trusts this club having hit a lot of good drives under pressure. Himmat relies on his driving and putting as mainstays of his game. He has played the driver since the latter part of the 2014 season.
3 Wood: Titleist 915F, Loft:15 degrees with a C4 setting, Shaft: Diamana BF 80 grams (Japan only release), 80 grams X flex
5 Wood: Titleist 910F, Loft: 17 degrees (strong 5 wood more like a 4 wood), Shaft: Tour AD DJ-8X X flex
He keeps the strong 5 wood in the bag to have the length coming in to par-5’s in windy conditions and likes the punch that this particular 5 wood has to offer.
3 Iron: Titleist 712U, strong loft to make up for the rescue, perfect for windy conditions.Shaft: Tour AD 6X 105 grams
The utility 3 iron offers extra length that makes up for the gap of a rescue club in his bag.
Irons: Titleist CB 716’s 4-PW, Shaft: Dynamic Gold S300 Tour Issue
He was fitted for these irons in September, 2016 and has played them since.
Wedges: Titleist SM6 Wedges: 60 degrees with 10 degrees of bounce grinded to 8 degrees, 54 degrees with 10 degrees of bounce.
He also has a 50 degree wedge which he puts in his bag according to the course setup. With a lot of 230 yard approaches into holes at Hyderabad Golf club, the 5 wood took priority over the 50 degreee wedge. In tournaments weeks such as the Golconda Masters, he has to manufacture certain shots with the 54 degree wedge that he would have ideally played with a 50 degree wedge.
Putter: Odyssey Rossie Metal X Milled
The putter is in his bag as a result of his love for the old Odyssey Dual Force putter and this being an updated model, it’s found a place in his bag. He likes to see the putting alignment line as close as can be to the face as opposed to being on the cavity of the putter.
Ball: He plays the 2017 Titleist Pro V1x ball with his surname inscribed on the opposite side of the ProV1x putting line and his initials, HS underneath the number on the side facing up.
Interestingly, Himmat has the same setup as his 2015 season where he almost won in back to back weeks on the Asian Tour with a playoff loss at the Ho Tram Open in Vietnam to Sergio Garcia.
A key part of his bag besides equiment are the Hydration salts pictured above. He is heavily relaint on these salts that are minus the sugar that Gatorade comes with and are produced in Mumbai.
He keeps a nut mix in his bag as mid-round fuel. Also, has a Nature Organics bar which has dates, cocunut, carrott and jaggery with about 300 calories for that quick boost of energy coming down the stretch.
He carries a Bushnell to get his yardages dialed in prior to the round or if the caddie is unsure about certain yardages. Heavily relaint on the accessory to validate his distances and ball-striking.
Himmat likes to stay in the present moment, dealing with all the elements and focus on one shot at a time. The Asian tour winner carries an Indian 1 rupee coin which he places always on the heads side. He has adapted a tip from Tiger Woods where in if he moves the marker, he would place it on the tales side so that it would seem odd and would remind him to replace it.
He likes to do some mobility stretches to open up his body and get his golf muscels activated for the day prior to beginning his warm-up routine before a tournament round. Himmat relies on a couple of focus drills and point focus drills. He works on his focus with his eyes prior to going out and trying to get the focus pinned down to where it needs to be.
Rai likes to get in the gym about 4-5 days during the week but not before a round. His trainer develops a comprehensive training plan for his short off-season where he works out more.
His usual practice routine prior to a round is about 40 mins. He hits 30-40 balls to warm-up with 10 of them set aside for the woods (3 each). Himmat typiclly doesn’t hit too many balls as some pros would and just tries to get his rhythm going.
The putting green is where he begins, moves in to the bunker after that and finally hits balls on the range before heading to the tee-box. Maybe, hits a few putts before finally beginning his round. His sequence of hitting balls begins with the wedges, moving on to a 7/8 iron and then finally hitting a long iron. The woods come last and a few wedges to end the warm-up session.
The Leicester-based golfer likes to adapt to his surroundings at different tournaments and visualisation of shots is a key part of his warm-up routine. Himmat visualises certain shots and tries to execute them on the rnge before heading out.
